It makes me sad how many people are slaves to the specs and don't think about the actual user experience.

Considering that the only substantial information in the article are the specs, it's should be expected that specs are focus of the discussion.

And besides, when was the last time a 3rd party released a flavor of android that was actually better than stock android from Google. So in conclusion, worse specs than Nexus 7, and probably worse software almost surely will result in a worse user experience.

It makes me sad how many people are slaves to the specs and don't think about the actual user experience.

Considering that the only substantial information in the article are the specs, it's should be expected that specs are focus of the discussion.

The problem extends beyond these comments, it is every review for every product."This battery is 4% bigger so it is obviously better." Forget the fact that crappy software means that 4% bigger battery runs out 10% faster, but the specs say it is bigger so it is obviously better.

I think the kind of person who is going to buy an eVGA branded gaming tablet doesn't know what PPI stands for.

Such a person would have to exist. I'm not sure there are a sufficient number to matter.

If you look at those Android device surveys from the Android market, theres a ton of people buying generic hardware from no-name vendors with awful specs and resolution. ArsTechnica may not approve, but its in fact just a small part of the market.

Oh, specs. The biggest lie ever told was that number's don't lie. The key is which numbers you're looking at, and even there you should bring a few grains of salt. Numbers don't tell a story, if they did then Apple would have the worst performing hardware since their hardware regularly runs at a lower clock and with less memory than comparable Android devices.

So, rather than argue the merits of one number over the other, let's hold fast at the fact that we won't know how it will perform till we've put it through its paces. And when we have, I promise to reply to every commenter that still thinks they knew exactly what it'd be like to use the Tegra Note, having never laid hands on it.

With same amount of ram and low res screen. It needed to be 1200p like the current N7 for me to care.

There are variations beyond pure resolutions that could make this one have a better (or worse) screen then the N7 with the same resolution. Also, generally speaking the amount of memory bandwidth provided to the SoC is much more important than the pure quantity of RAM for how well the thing will run.

It makes me sad how many people are slaves to the specs and don't think about the actual user experience.

We know how those specs will impact the actual user experience from our experience with similar devices.

Additional memory (2 GB of RAM) is mandatory for fluid Android performance. Higher resolutions are a requirement for legibility.

I use CyanogenMod on an old HP Touchpad. 1GB of RAM doesn't seem to impede fludity, and legibility is just fine at 1024x768 even on a 10" screen. Could it be better? Sure. But it's a $200 tablet, you expect tradeoffs.

With same amount of ram and low res screen. It needed to be 1200p like the current N7 for me to care.

There are variations beyond pure resolutions that could make this one have a better (or worse) screen then the N7 with the same resolution. Also, generally speaking the amount of memory bandwidth provided to the SoC is much more important than the pure quantity of RAM for how well the thing will run.

Nexus 7 2013 and Tegra 4 (not the 4i model) both have a dual channel memory interface with 12.8GB/sec of bandwidth if I'm not mistaken.

But the Nexus 7 16GB is $230 and has an SoC that's about as fast, has a 1080p resolution, and 2GB of RAM.

That cpu comparison is a little unfair. By the benchmarks we've seen, Tegra 4 has been highly competitive with the Snapdragon 800, and both of them have been well beyond any current generation processors, including the one used in the Nexus 10 (which in turn is faster than the one in the new Nexus 7).

Considering that the Nexus 7 is required to drive more than twice as many pixels, it seems safe to say that frame rate junkies will see considerably higher scores out of this device.